"Thousands" of good new jobs for Blackpool

Toastrack

Toastrack

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At last, plans are going in for the first part of the Silicon Sands project.
Great to see a development like this in Blackpool rather than the South East. All possible due to the ultra high speed transatlantic fibre cable landing here.
The town desperately needs these sort of well-paid jobs.
Apparently the long term plan is for two more data centres with greater capacity.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blackpool carbon-friendly data centre to create thousands of jobs

Plans are being submitted for Silicon Sands, a renewable energy-powered data centre in Blackpool.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
 
Toastrack said:
At last, plans are going in for the first part of the Silicon Sands project.
Great to see a development like this in Blackpool rather than the South East. All possible due to the ultra high speed transatlantic fibre cable landing here.
The town desperately needs these sort of well-paid jobs.
Apparently the long term plan is for two more data centres with greater capacity.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blackpool carbon-friendly data centre to create thousands of jobs

Plans are being submitted for Silicon Sands, a renewable energy-powered data centre in Blackpool.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Good stuff.
 
Toastrack said:
At last, plans are going in for the first part of the Silicon Sands project.
Great to see a development like this in Blackpool rather than the South East. All possible due to the ultra high speed transatlantic fibre cable landing here.
The town desperately needs these sort of well-paid jobs.
Apparently the long term plan is for two more data centres with greater capacity.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blackpool carbon-friendly data centre to create thousands of jobs

Plans are being submitted for Silicon Sands, a renewable energy-powered data centre in Blackpool.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
Click to expand...
It’s cutting right through Blackpool airport so it’s not all great news as it’s being seen as.
 
Toastrack said:
At last, plans are going in for the first part of the Silicon Sands project.
Great to see a development like this in Blackpool rather than the South East. All possible due to the ultra high speed transatlantic fibre cable landing here.
The town desperately needs these sort of well-paid jobs.
Apparently the long term plan is for two more data centres with greater capacity.

www.bbc.co.uk

Blackpool carbon-friendly data centre to create thousands of jobs

Plans are being submitted for Silicon Sands, a renewable energy-powered data centre in Blackpool.
www.bbc.co.uk www.bbc.co.uk
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Powered by renewables.

Some Reform voters will refuse to go there.😉
 
Jaffa_The_Hut said:
It’s cutting right through Blackpool airport so it’s not all great news as it’s being seen as.
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I'd love the airport to restart commercial flights Jaffa, we used it all the time. However if this comes off & does lead to many well paid jobs for the younger generation meaning they don't have to always leave the Fylde for a better career, then it's cracking news 👍
 
"Thousands of good new jobs for Blackpol" is a misleading AVFFT thread title.

Whilst encouraging to see much needed investment in business premises, there's nothing to suggest that the "thousands of NEW jobs" will be in Blackpool. More likely they will be spread nationwide.

Could mean a few dozen office jobs at the new data centre though.
 
Willie Mcgrotty said:
I'd love the airport to restart commercial flights Jaffa, we used it all the time. However if this comes off & does lead to many well paid jobs for the younger generation meaning they don't have to always leave the Fylde for a better career, then it's cracking news
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Is it even possible for commercial flights now given the houses that have been built close to the end of the runway?
 
Once th initial construction and installations are complete 15 or so people can run a huge data centre. Most of the work will be done in India.
 
Jimmy Jazz said:
Once th initial construction and installations are complete 15 or so people can run a huge data centre. Most of the work will be done in India.
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95% of IT for British firms must be getting done out of India nowadays. Certainly the case where I work. Not sure we would be able to run anything in this country without offshoring, such is the scale of it.
 
Wizaard said:
Government Digital Services are being brought back in house.

Another shameful Tory out sourcing.
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It doubt it will ever happen. The IT industry moves way too quick for any one Government to keep up. They will always end up having to procure IT suppliers, be it for infrastructure or software development, and the moment they sign a big contract with one of those huge multinational suppliers, the majority of work ends up in India.
 
Never understood why people are desperate for the airport to return to commercial flights. It’s never going to work and the only way to make it financially viable was if internationals wanted to visit Blackpool en masse. Nobody in their right mind on the continent is going to want to visit here as it currently is. The town needs fixing, billions in investment to modernise and only then could you even start to think about commercial flights. A better idea would be to improve road and rail infrastructure to connect properly with Liverpool and Manchester airports. Will never happen though…

Might as utilise the airport land for business and homes.
 
Gov digital services should be owned by the people and run by state.

Good news job wise for the Gold Coast wots not to like?
 
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